Media blog 1 (Mr Halsey)

Audience Theory 1)  Do you play violent video games and/or watch violent films? Are you violent in 'real life'? I do play games that have violence such as Call of Duty and I do tend to watch violent films however I am not violent in real life. 2)  What are the four categories for different effects theories? The four categories for different effects theory is the Direct Effect theory, the Diffusion Theory, the Indirect Effect theory and the Pluralist Approach theory. 3)  What are the examples provided for the hypodermic needle theory - where media texts have been blamed for certain events?  Marilyn Manson's music was blamed for the Columbine shooting this was because  students reported that Klebold and Harris were fans of Manson. Also, the movie Child's Play  was blamed for the death of Jamie Bulger  and the Natural Born Killers was a number of murders  committed  by romantically linked murders. 4)  What was the 1999 Columbine massacre? 

Regulation 1) Regulation is  a rule or directive made and maintained by an authority.  Print media are largely unregulated, and newspapers and magazines can print nearly anything as long as they don’t slander  anyone but  are still regulated by   Independent Press Standards Organisation . The Internet has also gone largely unregulated, despite congressional efforts to restrict some controversial content. Broadcast media, however, are subject to the most government regulation such as  OFCOM . Radio and television broadcasters must obtain a license from the government. Advertisements are regulated by the  Advertising Standards Authority. 2) The responsibility of OFCOM is for regulating  television, radio, telephone services and some aspects of the internet although the areas most relevant to media students are TV and radio. 3)  Privacy is a important section as it does not infringe on the privacy of the viewer that is using the TV or Radio station.  Fairness and Commercial

MIGRAIN October assessment learner response WWW:  There's actually lots of potential her...you offer some interesting and insightful points in most of the questions but need to improve revision and exam technique. EBI : You  must  answer the question! Too often you drift off the question or stop offering specific analysis of the text you've been given. -Written English/organisation. Make sure you are using paragraphs and organising your ideas in  every  question. -Revise the theory and apply it. Genre theory? The part of the mark scheme I didn't in the exam was excellent and judicious use of the theoretical framework (media language & narrative theory) to analyse how poster uses narrative. The point that I missed in the exam was Enigma which signify pose questions to the audience which are then answered shortly after or later on in the film and Action codes which show significant events which move the narrative on in a particular direction. The